If I don’t do this now I’ll hate doing it hung over and tired in the morning, so here you bastards go, in no particular order:
- Skeletonwitch: Breathing the Fire
- The Black Dahlia Murder: Deflorate
- Job for a Cowboy: Ruination
- Austrian Death Machine: Double Brutal
- Slayer: World Painted Blood
- August Burns Red: Constellations
- Lamb of God: Wrath
- Dethklok: Dethalbum II
- Darkest Hour: The Eternal Return
- Revocation: Existence is Futile
Most of these were awesome, though to be honest 2009 wasn’t the best year for metal in my opinion so it wasn’t exactly hard to shine. Job for a Cowboy seems to have matured to the point of a reputable death band with Ruination, The Black Dahlia Murder stepped it up even harder (which was hard to imagine) with Deflorate, and Skeletonwitch…they just continue to amaze me with their excellence. With these exceptions, better luck next year folks. Stay classy metalheads.